Safeguarding Level 4 Specialist Roles - Named Professional for Safeguarding

Who is this course for? The course is designed for named doctors, named nurses, named health visitors, named midwives, named health
professionals in ambulance organisations, and named GPs for Organisations commissioning Primary Care. The competencies also translate to
other sectors such as Education, Social Care, Charities, and other organisations putting safeguarding at the heart of their business.
This is an advanced safeguarding training course covering Level 4 knowledge, skills, and competencies through a variety of mediums such as
group work, discussion, question & answer, and presentation of key information which can enable processing from a service specific
perspective.
Course Learning outcomes Adults/Children
• To understand the role of the named professional for health care staff and state key responsibilities
• To understand the potential factors that inhibit the disclosure of abuse from children and adults at risk and what stops others from
hearing or responding to disclosures or concerns
• To be able to identify vulnerabilities that may put children or adults at increased risk of abuse; recognise tools that can help to assess
risk and inform the protection process
• To review best practice for managing allegations against staff and consider what action to take
• To discuss the latest research evidence and the implications for practice
• learning lessons and cascading and sharing information with others
• an advanced understanding of legislation, information sharing, information governance, confidentiality and consent,
• To be able to effectively communicate local safeguarding knowledge, research and findings from audits.
• To know how to undertake and contribute to serious case reviews
• To be able to work effectively with colleagues from other organisations, providing advice as appropriate e.g., concerning
safeguarding policy and legal frameworks, the health management of protection concerns.
• To be able to provide advice and information about safeguarding to the employing authority, both proactively and reactively – this
includes the board, directors, and senior managers.
• To know how to provide specialist advice to practitioners, both proactively and reactively, including clarification about organisational
policies, legal issues and the management of cases.
• To be able to support colleagues in challenging views offered by other professionals, as appropriate.
• To be able to be a trained provider of safeguarding supervision and/or support.
• an advanced knowledge of relevant national and international issues, policies and their implications for practice
• understanding the professional and experts’ role in the court process.
The course is mapped to: -For Safeguarding Children and Young People
• Intercollegiate document; safeguarding children and young people: Roles and Competencies for health care staff 2019.
• Intercollegiate document; Looked After Children: Roles & Competencies for Healthcare staff 2020.
• Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018
For Safeguarding Adults at Risk
• Intercollegiate document Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff 2018.
• Care & Support Statutory Guidance: issued under the Care Act 2014 (amendments in 2020)